Community Guidelines

The YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg is committed to providing a safe, welcoming and family-friendly environment for all. Individuals are asked to act appropriately and in accordance with the Y’s core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility at all times when in our facility or participating in our programs. 

Our social media is for anyone who supports the Y. We want to hear from you and encourage comments, critiques, questions and suggestions. We ask that you simply stay on topic, respect other people’s opinions, avoid profanity, inflammatory or offensive statements, illegal content and anything else that might otherwise violate our Code of Conduct.

If you have questions, comments or concerns about our Y, we will do our best to connect you with a person or resources to resolve it and we may reach out to you directly regarding your comments. For urgent matters, contact your home branch directly.

General Guidelines: 

In order to create a positive and engaging environment for our online communities, all users must treat each other with respect. Differences of opinion are welcome as long as they are respectful. Be courteous and respect those asking questions with friendly, informative discussions. 

Additionally, posts, comments or responses of any kind that contain, discuss or promote any of the following are prohibited:

• abusive, vulgar, offensive, threatening or harassing language
• cursing
• personal attacks of any kind
• illegal activity
• unintelligible or irrelevant topics
• political campaigns
• religious issues
• legal or employment issues
• posting of premium content from any website
• fraudulent, untrue, deceptive or misleading content
• conversations that negatively target specific individuals, groups or organizations
• spam, solicitations or advertisements 
• contest and voting campaigns that are not authorized by the Y
• commercial content that promotes another business, website, specialty page other than the YMCA or those approved by the Y
• personally identifiable information (like phone numbers or email addresses), private or sensitive details about another person - especially at it relates to minors
• material or information that you don’t have the right to post or share

YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg reserves the right to hide or remove comments that do not align our policy or core values and to block or ban users/followers at our discretion without prior notice or consent for violations of these Community Guidelines. Any comment posted which we deem to be criminal in nature, or instigates or implies violence toward oneself or another may be reported to the proper authorities.

User-submitted content (comments, updates, photos and videos) including content posted by employees of our Y from personal accounts do not necessarily represent the views of the YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg or the Y brand. 

Employees participating in the discussion in our online community are reminded of the staff social media guidelines, in addition to the guidelines herein.

The statements and opinions posted by the YMCA and/or registered participants to these forums and blogs on our website are offered for educational, informational and social purposes only, should not be construed as personal medical advice and are not intended to diagnose any medical condition or replace your or anyone else’s healthcare provider. Please consult with a physician or local healthcare provider before taking any advice that might affect you or anyone else’s health and well-being.

These guidelines are applicable to all YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg social media accounts and pages including but not limited to: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, YouTube and Twitter. By posting to any of our social media channels or interacting with our posts, whether in response or comment, you are agreeing to abide by these Community Guidelines.